Everyone needs adventure and peril now and then, and bvacation/b is meant to be the exciting factor in life. I would also push the envelope and do as much driving as possible, to cover the longest stretch I could. You may have entirely different ideas about this. b..../b A Northward diversion from your southbound trip, would be to cross the bfive-mile bridge/b at Astoria to Illwaco, to view the Pacific from the lighthouse there. The view from this bluff is magnificent. ...